32 research outputs found
The step scaling function of QCD at negative flavor number
As a computationally less costly test case for full QCD, we investigate an
SU(3) Yang-Mills theory coupled to a bosonic spinor field. This theory
corresponds to QCD with minus two quark flavors and is known as the bermion
model. Our central object of interest is the step scaling function which
describes the scale evolution of the running coupling in the Schrodinger
functional scheme. We develop a suitable algorithm for the simulation of O(a)
improved bermions and compare its performance with unimproved bermions and full
QCD. We study in detail the lattice artefacts and the continuum extrapolation
of the step scaling function from lattice simulations when improvement is used.
Our results are compared to the unimproved bermion and dynamical fermion cases,
and to renormalized perturbation theory in the continuum limit.
We also examine the step scaling function with massive quarks in the bermion
model. According to the Appelquist-Carazzone theorem the contributions from
matter fields are expected to vanish for large masses, such that the step
scaling function converges to the pure gauge theory case. If one wants to
connect non-perturbatively different effective theories with different numbers
of active quarks over flavor thresholds, lattice artefacts should be reasonably
small. In order to test the feasibility of such a method, we investigate the
step scaling function and its lattice artefacts for several values of the mass.Comment: 114 pages, Ph.D. thesi
Efficiencies and optimization of HMC algorithms in pure gauge theory
As a prerequisite to dynamical fermion simulations a detailed study of
optimal parameters and scaling behavior is conducted for the quenched
Schr\"odinger functional at fixed renormalized coupling. We compare standard
hybrid overrelaxation techniques with local and global hybrid Monte Carlo. Our
efficiency measure is designed to be directly relevant for the strong coupling
constant as used by the ALPHA collaboration.Comment: LATTICE99 - 6 pages, 6 figures; added referenc
Schr\"odinger functional at N_f=-2
We study the Schr\"odinger functional coupling for lattice Yang-Mills theory
coupled to an improved bosonic spinor field, which corresponds to QCD with
minus two light flavors. This theory serves as a less costly testcase than QCD
for the scaling of the coupling.Comment: Lattice2001(improvement) 3 pages, 4 figure
Schr"odinger functional at negative flavour number
The scaling of the Schr"odinger functional coupling is studied numerically
and perturbatively for an SU(3) lattice gauge field coupled to an O(a) improved
bosonic spinor field. This corresponds to QCD with minus two light flavours and
is used as a numerically less costly test case for real QCD. A suitable
algorithm is developed, and the influence of the matter fields on the continuum
limit and the lattice artefacts are studied in detail.Comment: 24 pages, 7 figures, small textual change
First results on the running coupling in QCD with two massless flavours
We report on the non-perturbative computation of the running coupling of
two-flavour QCD in the Schr"odinger functional scheme. The corresponding
Lambda-parameter, which describes the coupling strength at high energy, is
related to a low energy scale which still remains to be connected to a hadronic
``experimentally'' observable quantity. We find the non-perturbative evolution
of the coupling indispensable to avoid untolerable errors in the estimated
Lambda-parameter.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, some changes in the data analysis
after discovery and correction of an error in Nucl. Phys. B 525, 387 (1998)
by C. Christou et al. (hep-lat/9801007v2, Erratum to appear
Entwicklung der Zugangszahlen zu Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen: im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales
"Der Forschungsbericht befasst sich mit den Gründen für den starken Anstieg der Zugänge zu Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen in den vergangenen Jahren. Bestandteile des Forschungsvorhabens waren eine schriftliche Befragung aller Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen zur Entwicklung der Fallzahlen in den Jahren 2001 bis 2006, die Durchführung von Fallstudien an verschiedenen Standorten, eine Darstellung von ausgewählten Beispielen guter Praxis zu Alternativen zu Werkstätten, Vermeidung von Werkstattaufnahmen und Übergängen aus Werkstätten sowie die Formulierung von Handlungsempfehlungen. Die Kernaussage der Handlungsempfehlungen lautet: Die betriebliche Integration von auf dem allgemeinen Arbeitsmarkt besonders benachteiligten Menschen muss bei den Akteuren als Leitbild stärker verankert werden, und zwar sowohl an der Schnittstelle Schule/Beruf als auch an der Schnittstelle Werkstatt/Übergang auf den allgemeinen Arbeitsmarkt." (Autorenreferat
Upgrade of the small-angle X-ray scattering beamline X33 at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg
Towards all-order Laurent expansion of generalized hypergeometric functions around rational values of parameters
We prove the following theorems:
1) The Laurent expansions in epsilon of the Gauss hypergeometric functions
2F1(I_1+a*epsilon, I_2+b*epsilon; I_3+p/q + c epsilon; z),
2F1(I_1+p/q+a*epsilon, I_2+p/q+b*epsilon; I_3+ p/q+c*epsilon;z),
2F1(I_1+p/q+a*epsilon, I_2+b*epsilon; I_3+p/q+c*epsilon;z), where
I_1,I_2,I_3,p,q are arbitrary integers, a,b,c are arbitrary numbers and epsilon
is an infinitesimal parameter, are expressible in terms of multiple
polylogarithms of q-roots of unity with coefficients that are ratios of
polynomials; 2) The Laurent expansion of the Gauss hypergeometric function
2F1(I_1+p/q+a*epsilon, I_2+b*epsilon; I_3+c*epsilon;z) is expressible in terms
of multiple polylogarithms of q-roots of unity times powers of logarithm with
coefficients that are ratios of polynomials; 3) The multiple inverse rational
sums (see Eq. (2)) and the multiple rational sums (see Eq. (3)) are expressible
in terms of multiple polylogarithms; 4) The generalized hypergeometric
functions (see Eq. (4)) are expressible in terms of multiple polylogarithms
with coefficients that are ratios of polynomials.Comment: 48 pages in LaTe
GEMv2 : Multilingual NLG benchmarking in a single line of code
Evaluation in machine learning is usually informed by past choices, for example which datasets or metrics to use. This standardization enables the comparison on equal footing using leaderboards, but the evaluation choices become sub-optimal as better alternatives arise. This problem is especially pertinent in natural language generation which requires ever-improving suites of datasets, metrics, and human evaluation to make definitive claims. To make following best model evaluation practices easier, we introduce GEMv2. The new version of the Generation, Evaluation, and Metrics Benchmark introduces a modular infrastructure for dataset, model, and metric developers to benefit from each others work. GEMv2 supports 40 documented datasets in 51 languages. Models for all datasets can be evaluated online and our interactive data card creation and rendering tools make it easier to add new datasets to the living benchmark.Peer reviewe
GEMv2 : Multilingual NLG benchmarking in a single line of code
Evaluation in machine learning is usually informed by past choices, for example which datasets or metrics to use. This standardization enables the comparison on equal footing using leaderboards, but the evaluation choices become sub-optimal as better alternatives arise. This problem is especially pertinent in natural language generation which requires ever-improving suites of datasets, metrics, and human evaluation to make definitive claims. To make following best model evaluation practices easier, we introduce GEMv2. The new version of the Generation, Evaluation, and Metrics Benchmark introduces a modular infrastructure for dataset, model, and metric developers to benefit from each others work. GEMv2 supports 40 documented datasets in 51 languages. Models for all datasets can be evaluated online and our interactive data card creation and rendering tools make it easier to add new datasets to the living benchmark.Peer reviewe